This is an interesting home opener, & one that could certainly cause us trouble. Harris is a good football man, & has some good talent assembled. 8th in the Championship was a solid finish, & they could be poised for even better.

I hope there’s a big, raucous crowd at Ewood, & Armstrong is in the 11.

Full time. Was hoping for a win, but a draw feels a bit like a loss now. Started off slow, then started to really come around. Possession was weak at times, and so was the passing. Evans had a moment to basically tell me off but then he proved to me that he is about as average as it gets.

Rothwell had a great debut, first shot was a solid one, on target and well placed. Palmer's first start was solid, definitely showed his skill and attributes. Armstrong came on and brought that dynamic level we expect from him. Travis came on and was basically there to harass, and he did.

Overall, defense did well. Bell starting this time around didn't make much of a difference but didn't make any mistakes.

Graham, beside one shot, got shut down for the majority of the match. Pretty much lost over half of the long balls launched to him, had a couple moments. Other than that, was rather unnoticeable.